Word: briens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...equal perspicacity and success. Prison or matrimony, there is sure to be some land where the laws permit escape. Signora Marconi, Lady-in-Waiting to Her Majesty Queen Elena of. Italy, who, before her marriage 20 years ago in England to Scientist Marconi, was the Hon. Beatrice O'Brien, fifth daughter of Baron Inchiquin, etc., etc., etc., thought she had found such a land...
Judge Morgan J. O'Brien was one of the Manhattan friends of Mgr. Hayes who stood near him when he received the "bigletto" announcing his elevation...
Ever since Frederick L. O'Brien published his first book on the geographical and natural wonders to be found south of the equator, the number of his followers has been growing by leaps and bounds. One might say that it had almost become a fad for members of the idle plutocracy to hire sea-going vessels with a length of not more than fifty feet, and spend the chillier months cruising in southern waters. Not so very long ago, for example, three wags set out from New Haven, with their tongues in their cheeks, to discover a new and more...
These men are the executives, and among the chief guarantors of the symphony orchestras in their cities. Together with Frederic A. Juilliard, Otto H. Kahn and Marshall Field, of the Philharmonic Society of New York, and Kenneth O'Brien, of New York, they met at Mr. Mackay's Manhattan home to discuss deficits and other problems...
...laid the groundwork and made the preparations. Tammany was not included on the Committees, but Charles F. Murphy, Tammany boss, was doing his bit on the side. Money was raised. Then came the trip to Washington in a private car. It was a glorious party. There was Judge O'Brien with a certified check for $150,000 in his pocket. There was the Judge's son, young Kenneth O'Brien, potentially famed lawyer and Secretary of the National Democratic Club. There was the Acting Mayor of New York City. There was Tex Rickard, A. C. Pearson, George E. Smith. There...